Drama: Production Skills (Advanced Higher) SCQF: level 7 (12 SCQF credit points) Unit code: H232 77 Unit outline The general aim of this Unit is to help learners develop their knowledge and understanding of drama through the exploration of one or more key practitioners. Learners will explore the influences, theories and practices of their chosen practitioner(s). They will also evaluate productions by their chosen key practitioner and their social and cultural contexts. Learners who complete this Unit will be able to: 1 Explore a range of complex production skills informed by theories and practices of one or more practitioners 2 Evaluate complex production skills This Unit is a mandatory Unit of the Advanced Higher Drama Course and is also available as a free-standing Unit. The Unit Specification should be read in conjunction with the Unit Support Notes, which provide advice and guidance on delivery, assessment approaches and development of skills for learning, skills for life and skills for work. Exemplification of the standards in this Unit is given in Unit Assessment Support. The Course Assessment Specification for the Advanced Higher Drama Course gives further mandatory information on Course coverage for learners taking this Unit as part of the Advanced Higher Drama Course. April 2015, version 2.0 1
Recommended entry Entry to this Unit is at the discretion of the centre. However, learners would normally be expected to have attained the skills, knowledge and understanding required by one or more of the following or equivalent qualifications and/or experience: Higher Drama Course or relevant component Units Equality and inclusion This Unit Specification has been designed to ensure that there are no unnecessary barriers to learning or assessment. The individual needs of learners should be taken into account when planning learning experiences, selecting assessment methods or considering alternative evidence. For further information, please refer to the Unit Support Notes. April 2015, version 2.0 2
Standards Outcomes and assessment standards Outcome 1 The learner will: 1 Explore a range of complex production skills informed by theories and practices of one or more practitioners by: 1.1 Researching the theories and practice of one or more key practitioners 1.2 Developing complex production skills, informed by research of one or more practitioners 1.3 Applying selected production skills, informed by research of one or more practitioners Outcome 2 The learner will: 2 Evaluate complex production skills by: 2.1 Analysing the use of complex production skills in a current performance 2.2 Analysing aspects of a performance that reflect or contrast with the theories, methodologies and practices of one or more key practitioners Evidence Requirements for the Unit Assessors should use their professional judgement, subject knowledge and experience, and understanding of their learners, to determine the most appropriate ways to generate evidence and the conditions and contexts in which they are used. In this Unit, Evidence Requirements are as follows. Evidence will be a combination of practical evidence and written or oral and/or recorded evidence. In this Unit, learners will provide evidence of: background reading and research practical exploration of the theories, methodologies and practice of a key theatre practitioner analysis and evaluation of a live performance (this may be a recording of a live performance), drawing comparisons with one key theatre practitioner Exemplification of assessment is provided in Unit assessment support. Advice and guidance on possible approaches to assessment is provided in the Unit Support Notes. April 2015, version 2.0 3
Development of skills for learning, skills for life and skills for work It is expected that learners will develop broad, generic skills through this Unit. The skills that learners will be expected to improve on and develop through the Unit are based on SQA s Skills Framework: Skills for Learning, Skills for Life and Skills for Work and drawn from the main skills areas listed below. These must be built into the Unit where there are appropriate opportunities. 1 Literacy 1.3 Listening and talking 3 Health and wellbeing 3.1 Personal learning 4 Employability, enterprise and citizenship 4.3 Working with others 5 Thinking skills 5.4 Analysing and evaluating 5.5 Creating Amplification of these is given in SQA s Skills Framework: Skills for Learning, Skills for Life and Skills for Work. The level of these skills should be at the same SCQF level as the Unit and be consistent with the SCQF level descriptor. Further information on building in skills for learning, skills for life and skills for work is given in the Unit Support Notes. April 2015, version 2.0 4
Administrative information Published: April 2015 (version 2.0) Superclass: LE History of changes to National Unit Specification Version Description of change Authorised by Date 2.0 All Outcomes and Assessment Standards revised. Qualifications Development Manager April 2015 This specification may be reproduced in whole or in part for educational purposes provided that no profit is derived from reproduction and that, if reproduced in part, the source is acknowledged. Additional copies of this Unit can be downloaded from SQA s website at www.sqa.org.uk. Note: readers are advised to check SQA s website: www.sqa.org.uk to ensure they are using the most up-to-date version of the Unit Specification. Scottish Qualifications Authority 2015 April 2015, version 2.0 5